Combination filler and separator for shipping cases



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COMBINATION FILLER AND SEPARATOR FOR SHIPPING CASES Filed Sept. 25, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR wl'rNEss ATTOR N EY July 28, 1936. H. w. BLAIR 2,049,349

COMBINATION FILLER AND SEPARATOR FOR SHIPPING CASES Filed Sept. 25, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Wwwz;

ATTORNEY Win-E1):f STATES Patented `uly 28, 1936 PATENTOFFICIE 2 Claims.

'Ihe invention relates to a combined ller and separator for shipping cases and more especially to a structure of this kind for bottle or egg cases.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this kind, wherein the articles as contained within a case will be held separated from each other and will be subjected to a cushioning action particularly when subjected to shocks or jars so that in this manner the conlO tents will be prevented from breaking and particularly with respect to eggs, these or the like being held rmly in the case or other container.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this kind, wherein the contents l5 of a case or the like will be held in staggered relation from each other and are separated one from the other and in this condition will be held yet will be prevented from breaking as the shocks and jars incident to the transit or the handling of the case or the like will be absorbed and thus relieved from the contents and in the shipping 1 of eggs ventilation is assured therebetween to maintain the eggs fresh.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this kind, which is simple in its make-up, thoroughly reliable and eiiicient in its purpose, strong, light in weight, convenient for handling and assuring nesting of the contents of a container, case or the like and also inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects ln view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the structure in accordance with the invention showing the same within a shipping case, the latter being in section.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. 45 Figure 3 is a. fragmentary horizontal sectional view through one of the combined llers and separators.

Figure 4 is a plan view partly broken away Y showing a slight modication.

50 Figure 5 is a Vertical sectional view in perspective taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional View showing the nesting of bottles.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional Y, :Application September 23, 1935,.Serial,No. 211,805,y

view through one of the modified forms of combination filler and separator.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, particularly Figures 1 to 3, A designates generally a portion of a container or case which in this instance is of cylindrical form and is equipped with a removable cover or lid B while located 10 within the container or case is the combination filler and separator constituting the present invention and hereinafter fully described.

'I'he combination ller and separator comprises a series of disk-like flat units C, each comprising a top and bottom section I0 and II, respectively, these being made from stiff fibrous material, such as cheap paper, while between these sections is coiled a corrugated padding in strip form as at I2, the coil being of a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the top and bottom sections I0 and II and marginally of this coil is a binder strip I3, this with the top and bottom sections Ill and II being adhesively joined with a coil to eiect a unitary body portion.

Provided in each unit C and formed in the coil I2 for opening through opposite sections I0 and II are reversely tapered alternately arranged spaced series of pockets or sockets I4 and I5, respectively, the walls of these being slightly outwardly curved and are adapted to accommodate eggs I6 which are set up perpendicularly and t within registering pockets or sockets I4 in units adjacent to each other as is clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. In this manner the eggs I6 will be protected against shocks and jars as the same are cushioned by the coils I2 in the units C and also such eggs will be held rin and secure within the container or case A for shipment thereof. The eggs I6 when seated in the pockets or sockets I4 and I5 will sustain the units C spaced from each other within the container or case A and thus allowing ventilation therein.

In Figures 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings there is shown a further modification, wherein the pockets or sockets I1 are devoid of curved walls, in that the walls I8 thereof are formed to fit the shape of the bottle neck and base and within these pockets or sockets I1 are received bottled goods I9.

In Figure 7 of the drawings there is shown a still further modification, wherein a coiled strip 20 has associated therewith a fibrous cushioning 55 VmediumZiadapted `for substitution for the coil I2 of each unit C. Y

The bottled goods will be equally well and safe in either perpendicular or horizontal positions when contained in the proposed shipping container. as these will be seated in sockets or Ypockets I'i and thus relievedY from shocks and jars arid willbef'ri'nljr'held in staggered relation to each other. Y This is also true with 'respect to thefeggs I6 when heldY by the combined llers g and separators and it has been noted from eX-"l" periments that the cases whenilled on the dropping thereof a considerable distance or rolled 'along andbumped around or subjected to hard and severe treatment there is ngdani'age to theV contents when the latter areheld l'rorizontallyA or perpendicularlyrlocated.

The lcoils within the units Ccnstitute cushioning cores therefor. :Y

ing upper and lower sheet-like sections, a yieldable coil-*superimposed betweenV the Vsections and Veffecting a cushioning medium and having alternately arranged spaced reversely tapered pockets opening through said sections and means mar-` IginallyA of the .sections and saidrcoil and uniting Y the Vsame to effect a. unit, the pockets of adjacent se'zctioiisV being in registerwith Veach otherl HOLLIS VW. BLAIR. 

